From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V11 #284 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Wednesday, October 19 2005 Volume 11 : Number 284 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Joan Armatrading in London [adamk@zoom.co.uk] Fwd: FW: marymargaretohara.com [Neile Graham ] Ane Brun in New York [Kjetil Torgrim Homme ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 11:26:03 +0100 From: adamk@zoom.co.uk Subject: Joan Armatrading in London Joan played another great show at the Albert Hall last night, and can still pack them in. It's a tribute to her talents that the songs from her last, independently-released album, "Lover's Speak" are as good as anything she's written, so this is not just a nostalgia fest. Her voice was a bit cracked, and she made references to having been ill recently, but this didn't affect her range or her enthusiasm one bit. Apparently, she's got a DVD coming out this week, and this was part of a "Greatest Hits" tour to support it. Naturally, she's got so many good songs that some really good ones were notable in their absence (Drop the Pilot, The Shouting Stage) but Love and Affection, with its almost hypnotic, ascending rhythms got everyone to their feet, as did All the Way from America and The Weakness in Me. It's just a shame that her public profile has dipped of late and that she now tours with only two musicians. They're extremely talented, don't get me wrong, and one of them handles both percussion and saxophones expertly, but every now and then backing tapes have to be resorted to, and I wish that she had the clout to tour with a full band again. I also wonder what a, umm, younger backing band would do for her profile and appeal. But, she seems comfortable with what she's got and genuinely pleased to be performing, so what the hell. As a direct contrast, the opening act was a gentleman called Don Lock. I have no idea who he is, but he's a tall, blond young man who looks and sounds as if he's a graduate from a boy band, flexing his adult muscles. Despite his enthusiasm ("How are you doing, LONDON??")his songs were anodyne, no sentiment too cheap and no rhyme too obvious to stick in. He actually sang, "I've been chasing rainbows all my life" and had a song that started, "We were so young/And in love" He wasn't a bad singer, but the material was so bland that Joan must have been banging her head against a wall backstage. At least last time she had Juliet Turner, someone who deserves such exposure. adam k. - ----------------------------------------------- This mail sent through http://webmail.zoom.co.uk ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 19:54:30 -0700 From: Neile Graham Subject: Fwd: FW: marymargaretohara.com Just in case anyone here has anything they could contribute to this site. - --Neile >Reply-To: >From: "Carolyn V. Mill" >To: >Subject: FW: marymargaretohara.com >Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 15:31:21 -0700 >Organization: CVM > >forwarding this to you as well, as you may have some lyrics or any other >related goodies to add to the site, yes? cvm > >---- > >hey there mes amis musical, > >just looking for your valuable input here. i am working on my latest >project; a web site about the amazing ms. mary margaret o'hara, and could >very much use your help: http://www.marymargaretohara.com/ > >i spoke with m2oh about it before, one time when we met up with molly >johnson (who's site i also do) at a blue rodeo show movie thingy. she said >she wanted to get a site together for herself, but alas, she never did get >around to it... quel suprise, eh? > >and so, i thought it would be best if someone here in canada scored the >domain and pulled together some of the details on her behalf.... meanwhile, >it is a good place to score info on her in the meantime. > >just getting started here, and as i am an admirer but not really a rabid >fan, i have big holes in my m2oh knowledge. working on collecting a list of >all albums she has appeared on, and will link to them accordingly. hoping >you will have some suggestions and insights or perhaps lyrics (!). if able. >if you please. and thanks, eh? > >cvm > >carolyn victoria mill >-midwife of song >cvm@kitchenink.com >http://www.mollyjohnson.com >http://www.reidjamieson.com >http://www.kitchenink.com - -- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Neile Graham .... neile@sff.net/@drizzle.com ... www.sff.net/people/neile Les Semaines: A Weekly Journal ........ www.sff.net/people/neile/semaines Editor, The Ectophiles' Guide to Good Music ........... www.ectoguide.org Workshop Administrator, Clarion West ................ www.clarionwest.org ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 06:37:53 +0200 From: Kjetil Torgrim Homme Subject: Ane Brun in New York I just noticed that Ane Brun will be performing in New York: 25 oct The Living Room 26 oct The Living Room 28 oct CBs 313 Gallery (with Tingsek) Ane Brun is strongly recommended, lovely low-key songs. unfortunately her albums won't be released stateside until next year, but there are snippets (mostly ~90 seconds) of most of her songs on her webpage, , check it out! (you need Flash Player for the audio player). np. Heather Nova: Redbird (preparing for the concert here in Oslo tonight) - -- Kjetil T. ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V11 #284 ***************************